Bold brunch dishes are back on the weekend menu at the ultra-cozy El Luchador Mexican Kitchen & Cantina, and that’s a great excuse to check into the new Henderson location at the corner of Warm Springs and Stephanie. The spacious spot, with its huge bar and patio, is in a prime position to become a neighborhood favorite for extended snacking and drinking sessions, and isn’t that what weekends were made for?
The Breakfast Sammich ($12)— a fluffy telera roll stuffed with your choice of carne asada, chicken, pork or chorizo, plus eggs, cheese, guac and chipotle aioli—is a perfectly hearty foundation for an afternoon of margaritas, mojitos or palomas. Similar ingredients get gussied up a bit with the sopes Benedict ($14), topped with delicate poached eggs and chipotle Hollandaise sauce with fried potatoes on the side.
Rotating chef’s specials will include sweet stuff like churro French toast and more savory bites like breakfast tortas and classic huevos rancheros, but there’s a chorizo burrito ($14) permanently planted on the menu that will give your local breakfast burrito fave a run for its money. Packed with spicy, house-made chorizo, soft scrambled eggs, potatoes, onions and peppers, it’s a hand-held meal that deserves its own spotlight.
These dishes will also be available at the original El Luchador on Blue Diamond Road, though that spot opens at 3 p.m. on weekends.
EL LUCHADOR 375 N. Stephanie St. #111, 702-478-6223. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
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